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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL F. DEXTER, OF PARIS, NEW' YORK.

HANGING WELL-BUCKETS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,233, dated March 15, 1859.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it. known that I, S. F. DEXTER, of Paris, in the county of Oneida.A in the State of New York, have invented a new and Iniproved Mode of Constructing' Self-Emptying Buckets to Tell-Chains, lVhether Endless or Ilot; and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reterence marked thereon.

The nature of my invention relates to the manner or mode of attaching the buckets to the chain so that the water may be emptied out without being taken hold of by the person operating the crank, by which the chain is made to revolve.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The letters of reference, on the respective figures, refer to the same parts.

A, Figure l, represents a part of chain and bucket, attached, by the pivot F, B representing the chain. To the top of the bucket, I attach a strap of iron in place of the common bail. This strap is attached to the bucket, and runs down the sides as C, C, and is fastened (by rivets). At the top of the stave I twist this strap so that the part eX- tending over the bucket will stand edgewise. I then cut a notch as E, on each side of this strap. I put on what I term a lever D, which is attached to the strap by the pivot bolt (F. This lever may be 5, or (l, inches long, one end passing along by and across the notch, and the other end passing back over the pin 3, which is made tast to the strap C. and the end of the lever limb in a circular form, so that it will reach under the pin 3. The object of bending the end ot' the lever is, that when the spring, stretcher E, drops into the notch E the back end of the lever will be tilted up and strike the pin 3, on its under side, and will only allow it to rise far enough to allow the spring stretcher', to enter the notch E, and as the bucket is hoisted up this lever, at its bent end comes in contact with the rod or bar J, which is placed across the well curb, as, seen at I) Fig. G, which causes the other end of the lever D, which is under the spring stretcher E to lift it out ot' the notch, which allows the bucket to tip, and turn the water out, wit-hout taking hold of it with the hand as in the ordinary way.

As the bucket tips or leaves the spout and passes over the windlass the top or open end falls down and the strap again comes in contact with the spring stretcher, and it is ready on coming to the water to dip and lill, and 'again pass on to empty into the spout or bucket, the rods E l, 2, 3 on stretchers for the purpose of keeping the chains spread apart to allow the bucket to pass through them, as it tips. The chain may be single, only where the bucket is attached, and, it will make no difference which side o'll the bucket approaches the drum of the windlass, as the spread of the chain from the single post to the double at G2, will cause the bucket to come up right, so that the lever on either side of the notch E, will be sure to come in Contact with the rod J, and cause it to be unlocked.

L, Fig. l, shows another method of attaching the chains to the bucket.

Fig. 2, is a plan of the bucket; F, the

pivot to which the link is attached; C, the

strap; D, D, the levers; (Z2, the pivots; 3, 3, the pin.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the bucket showinga different construction, where instead ot' the strap, C, I make use of two springs G, G, one end of which is made fast to the bucket, and the other end runs over, and past, the center of the bucket, so that those two springs perform the same work that the two levers D, D, Fig. 1 do, as if the bucket should turn around in its ascent to the windlass, each of the springs Gr, G will come in contact with the rod J, above described, by which means they will be forced down, and the stretcher rod, E, which in this case takes the place of the spring stretcher E will be relieved from the notch K, formed in the spring G, and allow the bucket, to tip as in the former case.

Fig. 4;, is another method of using but one spring, made similar to the one in Fig. 3, except, that t-he loose end is carried over, so as to reach a vshort distance down into the bucket to prevent the cha-in from becoming' Which are attached to the bucket and hook on to the link of the chain and serve the saine purpose of the strap C, and levers D, in Fig'. l, and the springs Gr in Fig. 3, for holding the bucket in position and relieving it, and the springs N, N, Work against the rod J in all cases for the saine purpose of relieving it, to allow the bucket to tip; I-I, the cra-nk of the WindlassgIP a cross section of the Well'curb.

I, I, Fig. 3 are guards which may be used if desired to prevent the springs from VYbeing forced too far down into the buckets.

The links of the chain presented in Figs. 5, and 6, may be made of round iron and 4L by 6 inches more or less, as the case may require. This chain will not be likely to get entangled and the buckets are attached on the outside, and hang at the bottom A2 to the Wire of the chain by hinges.

Fig. 4, at F, shows that the hinge by which the bucket is attached to the chain may eX- tend down any desired distance below the bottom of the bucket.

Figs. 7 and 8,. show the forms of the drums used with the different constructiony of' chains.

Fig. 7, is. adapted to Fig. l, 'and S is adapted to the chain used in Figs. 5, and 6.

The inain feature and advantage of this Way of attaching the buckets to the chains is that, no care need be taken in emptying the Water from the bucket which is a great relief to the operator, as in the former -or connnon Way, the bucket has had to be taken hold of and lifted from the curb by hand.

IVhat I claiin as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. I claim the ironrstrap C, with the levers I), and notch E, to receive the spring stretcher E in combination with the chain B, Fig. l, and the manner of detaching the saine by coming in contact, With the rod J.'

Q. I claim the spring G, G, Fig. 3, and Gr Fig'. 4L, when operated as described.

3. I claim hanging the buckets at or below the bottoni as described, in combination with the spring or springs and levers as abovedescribed or in any equivalent manner.

SAMUEL F. DEXTER.

Titiiesses J. I-I. MERRILL, EDM. F. BROWN. 

